Russia To Conduct Observation Flight Over US

There is so much I could say about this, but let me be brief. The information we continue to give to Russia and China. The things Russia is saying right now, talking like we are in a Cold War status, the continual hacking of information by both Russia and China. Russia's participation in "BRICS" in order to take down our economy. Russia's increase in military spending and equipment at a time when Obama is decreasing ours and decreasing our nuclear arsenal. The list goes on and on, like there is a New World Order or something. -W.E.

In an attempt to promote transparency in military activities between
the two countries, Russia will conduct an observation flight over the
United States as part of the Treaty on Open Skies between Dec. 8 and
Dec. 13, Sergei Ryzhkov, head of Russia’s National Nuclear Risk
Reduction Center, said Monday.The flight will be launched from
Travis Air Force Base in California and cover a maximum range of 2,640
miles. A group of U.S. specialists will also board the Russian aircraft
to monitor the flight and to ensure that norms of the treaty are not
violated. According to the U.S. Department of State,
the Treaty on Open Skies allows 34 participating countries to carry out
observation flights over each other's territories to gather information
through aerial imaging on military forces and activities that are of
concern to them.“Within the framework of the international Treaty
on Open Skies a group of Russian inspectors plans to conduct an
observation flight on a Russian Tupolev Tu-154M-LK-1 observation
aircraft over the territory of the United States,” Ryzhkov told Ria Novosti.The announcement comes after a U.S. military plane reportedly conducted
surveillance flights over Russia last month to capture images of the
region’s military equipment. The mission was conducted amid increasing
isolation faced by Russia following sanctions imposed against it by the
U.S. and European Union over the Ukraine crisis.“Most of the
world has no idea this treaty even exists,” U.S. Navy Commander Chris
“Half” Nelson, who was overseeing the mission over Russia at the time,
was quoted by
Military.com as saying. “Whenever I mention that Russians fly aircraft
over the U.S. taking pictures, it blows people's minds.”Signed in
March 1992 in Helsinki, the Treaty on Open Skies came into force on
Jan. 1, 2002. Russia ratified the treaty on May 26, 2001.